Richard W. Byrne

23.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
300 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Richard W. Byrne is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Developmental Biology and Developmental and Educational Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard W. Byrne has authored 300 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Social Psychology, 71 papers in Developmental Biology and 67 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Recurrent topics in Richard W. Byrne's work include Primate Behavior and Ecology (121 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (71 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (64 papers). Richard W. Byrne is often cited by papers focused on Primate Behavior and Ecology (121 papers), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (71 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (64 papers). Richard W. Byrne collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Richard W. Byrne's co-authors include Andrew Whiten, Catherine Hobaiter, Anne E. Russon, Lucy A. Bates, Jennifer M. Byrne, Erica A. Cartmill, Rahel Noser, S. Peter Henzi, Nadia Corp and Klaus Zuberbühler and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Neuron and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Richard W. Byrne

291 papers receiving 12.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Machiavellian Intelligence: Social Expertise and the Evolution of Intellect in Monkeys, Apes, and Humans

1988 1.2k citations Richard W. Byrne et al. profile →
Learning by imitation: A hierarchical approach

1998 509 citations Richard W. Byrne et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard W. Byrne United Kingdom	59	7.4k	3.6k	3.3k	2.7k	2.3k	300	13.1k
William C. McGrew United Kingdom	57	9.1k 1.2×	2.8k 0.8×	3.7k 1.1×	3.1k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	199	11.7k
Tetsuro Matsuzawa Japan	57	6.7k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	2.4k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.9×	287	10.2k
Nicola S. Clayton United Kingdom	68	6.8k 0.9×	2.7k 0.7×	3.2k 1.0×	5.7k 2.1×	4.8k 2.1×	311	14.9k
Elisabetta Visalberghi Italy	53	5.8k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	2.0k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	185	7.8k
Klaus Zuberbühler United Kingdom	58	6.7k 0.9×	2.1k 0.6×	6.8k 2.0×	4.2k 1.6×	770 0.3×	294	11.5k
Brian Hare United States	60	7.5k 1.0×	4.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.4×	1.5k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	126	12.6k
Andrew Whiten United Kingdom	72	12.4k 1.7×	6.7k 1.8×	4.0k 1.2×	3.9k 1.5×	4.2k 1.8×	252	20.0k
Dorothy M. Fragaszy United States	46	5.3k 0.7×	2.3k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	207	6.8k
Michael A. Hauser United States	73	8.1k 1.1×	5.4k 1.5×	4.5k 1.4×	2.8k 1.1×	9.4k 4.0×	273	22.3k
W. Tecumseh Fitch Austria	51	2.7k 0.4×	2.4k 0.7×	5.1k 1.5×	2.3k 0.9×	3.8k 1.6×	211	14.0k

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Kettlewell, P. S., et al.. (2023). Wheat area expansion into northern higher latitudes and global food security. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 351. 108499–108499. 13 indexed citations

Stippler, Martina, Sarah E. Blitz, Carolyn Quinsey, et al.. (2023). Active Teaching Techniques Using Virtual Didactics: Novel Experience From a National Neurosurgery Resident Course. Journal of surgical education. 81(2). 312–318. 1 indexed citations

Krueger, Konstanze, et al.. (2022). Tool Use in Horses. Animals. 12(15). 1876–1876. 2 indexed citations

Krueger, Konstanze, et al.. (2021). Need or opportunity? A study of innovations in equids. PLoS ONE. 16(9). e0257730–e0257730. 1 indexed citations

Janmaat, Karline R. L., Miguel de Guinea, Julien Collet, et al.. (2021). Using natural travel paths to infer and compare primate cognition in the wild. iScience. 24(4). 102343–102343. 20 indexed citations

Krueger, Konstanze, et al.. (2019). Animal behaviour in a human world: A crowdsourcing study on horses that open door and gate mechanisms. PLoS ONE. 14(6). e0218954–e0218954. 9 indexed citations

Choi, Mehee, et al.. (2015). Successful delivery of adjuvant external beam radiotherapy for ependymoma in a patient with Ondine׳s curse. Medical dosimetry. 40(4). 366–371. 1 indexed citations

Byrne, Richard W.. (2015). The what as well as the why of animal fun. Current Biology. 25(1). R2–R4. 8 indexed citations

Hockings, Kimberley J., Matthew R. McLennan, Susana Carvalho, et al.. (2015). Apes in the Anthropocene: flexibility and survival. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 30(4). 215–222. 121 indexed citations

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Tan, Lee A., Ricardo B. V. Fontes, & Richard W. Byrne. (2014). Retrosigmoid approach for resection of an extraventricular choroid plexus papilloma in the cerebellopontine angle. Neurosurgical FOCUS. 36(v1supplement). 1–1. 8 indexed citations

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Selden, Nathan R., et al.. (2013). Model-Based Simulation for Early Neurosurgical Learners. Neurosurgery. 73(supplement 1). S15–S24. 39 indexed citations

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Farmer, Kate, Konstanze Krueger, & Richard W. Byrne. (2009). Visual laterality in the domestic horse (Equus caballus) interacting with humans. Animal Cognition. 13(2). 229–238. 69 indexed citations

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Byrne, Richard W.. (2009). The Effect of Web 2.0 on Teaching and Learning.. 37(2). 13 indexed citations

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Bates, Lucy A., Phyllis C. Lee, Norah Njiraini, et al.. (2008). Do Elephants Show Empathy. Journal of Consciousness Studies. 15. 204–225. 69 indexed citations

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Byrne, Richard W. & Lucy A. Bates. (2007). Brain Evolution: When Is a Group Not a Group?. Current Biology. 17(20). R883–R884. 9 indexed citations

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Barnard, Philip, David Duke, Richard W. Byrne, & Iain Davidson. (2007). Differentiation in cognitive and emotional meanings: An evolutionary analysis. Cognition & Emotion. 21(6). 1155–1183. 51 indexed citations

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Byrne, Richard W. & J. Tanner. (2006). Gestural Imitation by a Gorilla: Evidence and Nature of the Capacity. Revista internacional de psicología y terapia psicológica. 6(2). 215–231. 35 indexed citations

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Fathallah‐Shaykh, Hassan M., Bin He, Herbert H. Engelhard, et al.. (2003). Genomic Expression Discovery Predicts Pathways and Opposing Functions behind Phenotypes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278(26). 23830–23833. 25 indexed citations

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Byrne, Richard W.. (2003). Animal Communication: What Makes a Dog Able to Understand its Master?. Current Biology. 13(9). R347–R348. 7 indexed citations

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Byrne, Richard W.. (1995). The Smart Gorilla's Recipe Book. Natural history. 104(10). 12–15. 1 indexed citations

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